sterksn.

Brit.

/ˈstəːks/, U.S.

/ˈstərks/, Australian English

/ˈstɜːks/

Forms: Also sturks.

Etymology: ? abbrev. < stercoraceous adj.

Australian slang. rare.

A fit of depression, irritation, annoyance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun]

annoy?c1225

noyancec1400

vexation?a1425

crabbingc1450

annoyance1502

grudging1530

vexation of spirit1535

fret1556

fashery1558

spitea1586

gall1591

molestation1598

annoyment1607

incommodation1664

vexednessa1670

tracasserie1715

incommodement1733

frettation1779

vex1815

balls-ache1938

sterks1941

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > fit of

fumea1529

chafe1551

the needle1617

sterks1941

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > depression

anxiety1661

vapours1662

vapour-fit1707

depression1905

postpartum depression1929

baby blues1940

sterks1941

postnatal depression1946

PPD1975

PND1978

SAD1983

seasonal affective disorder1983

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 71 Sterks, give one the, to infuriate, annoy, depress.

1959 ‘D. Forrest’ Last Blue Sea 24 He just gives me the sturks.

Derivatives

ˈsterky adj. having loose bowels from fear.

ΚΠ

1944 J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle 162 The croc disappears, and there's Ernest, standing up to his waist in the water..scared as hell, but too game to come out... So my dad goes in. He's a bit sterky too.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sterks
释义	sterksn. Brit. /ˈstəːks/, U.S. /ˈstərks/, Australian English /ˈstɜːks/ Forms: Also sturks. Etymology: ? abbrev. < stercoraceous adj. Australian slang. rare. A fit of depression, irritation, annoyance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] annoy?c1225 noyancec1400 vexation?a1425 crabbingc1450 annoyance1502 grudging1530 vexation of spirit1535 fret1556 fashery1558 spitea1586 gall1591 molestation1598 annoyment1607 incommodation1664 vexednessa1670 tracasserie1715 incommodement1733 frettation1779 vex1815 balls-ache1938 sterks1941 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > fit of fumea1529 chafe1551 the needle1617 sterks1941 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > depression anxiety1661 vapours1662 vapour-fit1707 depression1905 postpartum depression1929 baby blues1940 sterks1941 postnatal depression1946 PPD1975 PND1978 SAD1983 seasonal affective disorder1983 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 71 Sterks, give one the, to infuriate, annoy, depress. 1959 ‘D. Forrest’ Last Blue Sea 24 He just gives me the sturks. Derivatives ˈsterky adj. having loose bowels from fear. ΚΠ 1944 J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle 162 The croc disappears, and there's Ernest, standing up to his waist in the water..scared as hell, but too game to come out... So my dad goes in. He's a bit sterky too. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1941
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